Recent wire array Z-pinch experiments on MAGPIE facility

Author

Lebedev, S.V. ; Bland, S.N. ; Burdiak, G. ; Chittenden, J.P. ; Harvey-Thomson, A. ; Hall, G.N. ; de Grouchy, P. ; Suzuki-Vidal, F.A. ; Swadling, G. ; Khoory, E. ; Pickworth, L. ; Skidmore, J.

Author_Institution

Blackett Lab., Imperial Coll., London, UK

fYear

2010

fDate

20-24 June 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

Results of several recent experiments with wire array Z-pinches on the MAGPIE facility (1.5 MA, 250 ns) will be presented. This will include experiments with generation of supersonic radiatively cooled plasma jets using conical and radial wire arrays. We will also present measurements of the plasma parameters in standard wire arrays and wire arrays made of coiled wires, obtained with recently implemented diagnostics such as resistive voltage probe, CW laser interferometer and others.

Keywords

Z pinch; plasma jets; plasma probes; plasma production; plasma transport processes; MAGPIE facility; conical wire array; continuous wave laser interferometer; current 1.5 MA; plasma parameter; radial wire array; resistive voltage probe; supersonic radiatively cooled plasma jet generation; time 250 ns; wire array Z-pinch experiment; Educational institutions; Laboratories; Measurement standards; Optical arrays; Plasma diagnostics; Plasma measurements; Probes; US Department of Energy; Voltage; Wire;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Plasma Science, 2010 Abstracts IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Norfolk, VA

ISSN

0730-9244

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5474-7

Electronic_ISBN

0730-9244

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PLASMA.2010.5534076

Filename

5534076